OLPC Bayern

1. Project Title & Shipment Detail

Name of Project: (WEB-PUBLISHED)

Shipping Address You've Verified:

• IS FEDEX AND UPS SHIPPABLE (NO POST OFFICE BOXES)
• INCLUDES A PHONE NUMBER
• CONTAINS TEAM LEADER'S LEGAL NAME

Number of Laptops (or other hardware) You Request to Borrow:

Loan Length—How Many Months:

2. Team Participants

Name(s) & Contact Info: (include all email addresses & phone numbers)

Teams of more than 1 person are not required, but favored!

Employer and/or School:

Past Experience/Qualifications:

3. Objectives

Project Objectives: (WEB-PUBLISHED)

Concrete proposals with defined, measurable outcomes are much more likely to result in a laptop than "it would be cool to play with these and demo them".

• what is your active library URL? This should be a page describing what you have in mind, what you hope to receive, and who is organizing the program.
• spell out policy mechanics of loans/returns: EG. mail order? in-person? monthly meetings? other?
• spell out how you (and your library "clientele") will Give Back to the OLPC/Sugar community
• what is the long-term plan for the library? who will coordinate your library if you move on?
• how will you report statistical patterns on lending/recirculation trends (important: to help all laptop libraries worldwide!)

• demonstrate detail-oriented librarian skills; articulating how laptops will continually recirculate & new projects seeded & fertilized
• what innovative techniques do you have to spur on local projects? demonstrate outreach & buzz-creating acumen!
• describe the team of people helping you and/or your institutional backing
• have you reached out to other XO Libraries and Groups to learn what works and doesn't?
• are you the kind of person that might later Mentor other library entrepreneurs?
• what is your personal long-term plan; what will you get out of this?

4. Plan of Action

Plan and Procedure for Achieving the Stated Objectives:

5. Needs

Why is this project needed?

Locally?

In the greater OLPC/Sugar community?

Outside the community?

Why can't this project be done in emulation using non-XO machines?

Why are you requesting the number of machines you are asking for?

Will you consider (1) salvaged/rebuilt or (2) damaged XO Laptops?

6. Sharing Deliverables

Project URL:

Please web-publish this entire completed proposal, removing any sections affecting your personal privacy. Ask if you want help!

How will you convey tentative ideas & results back to the OLPC/Sugar community, prior to completion?

How will the final fruits of your labor be distributed to children or community members worldwide?

Will your work have any possible application or use outside our community?

If yes, how will these people be reached?

Have you investigated working with nearby XO Lending Libraries or Project Groups?

7. Quality/Mentoring

Would your Project benefit from Support, Documentation and/or Testing people?

Teachers' input into Usability?

How will you promote your work?

Can we help you with an experienced mentor from the OLPC/Sugar community? (WEB-PUBLISHED)

If YES: specify the kind of Ongoing Mentoring that will benefit you most.

If NO: specify who will help you share your progress, creations & results.

8. Timeline (Start to Finish)

Please include a Proposed timeline for your Project life-cycle: (this can be in the form of Month 1, Month 2, etc rather than specific dates)

Include a couple milestones, even if tentative.

Specify how you prefer to communicate your ongoing progress and obstacles!

[ ] I agree to pass on the laptop(s) to a local OLPC group or other interested contributors in case I do not have need for the laptop(s) anymore or in case my project progress stalls.